Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire

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French constitutional text constitutional charter legal document

The Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire was a constitutional charter issued by Napoleon during the Hundred Days in 1815 that sought to liberalize and reform the French Empire’s political system.

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Observed surface forms (3)

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Acte additionnel	1
Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l’Empire	1
Additional Act to the Constitutions of the Empire	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French constitutional text ⓘ constitutional charter ⓘ legal document ⓘ
aimedTo	liberalize the French Empire’s political system ⓘ reconcile imperial rule with liberal constitutional principles ⓘ secure political support for Napoleon during the Hundred Days ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire ⓘ surface form: Acte additionnel Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire ⓘ surface form: Additional Act to the Constitutions of the Empire
appliesTo	French citizens ⓘ
author	Benjamin Constant ⓘ
basedOn	Charter of 1814 ⓘ surface form: Charter of 1814 (as a model for liberal concessions)
cameIntoForce	May 1815 ⓘ
ceasedToHaveEffect	after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo ⓘ
confirmed	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I as Emperor of the French many provisions of the earlier imperial constitutions ⓘ
country	First French Empire ⓘ surface form: French Empire
dateIssued	22 April 1815 ⓘ
draftedBy	Benjamin Constant ⓘ
established	Chamber of Peers ⓘ Chamber of Representatives ⓘ
guaranteed	certain civil rights and public freedoms ⓘ
historicalPeriod	First French Empire ⓘ Hundred Days ⓘ surface form: Hundred Days (1815)
inForceUntil	July 1815 ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legalStatus	superseded ⓘ
limited	censorship compared to earlier imperial practice ⓘ some powers of the Emperor ⓘ
locationSigned	Paris ⓘ
partOf	French constitutional history ⓘ
politicalContext	Hundred Days ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I
providedFor	elected Chamber of Representatives ⓘ hereditary Chamber of Peers ⓘ ministerial responsibility to the Chambers in certain cases ⓘ
ratificationMethod	popular plebiscite ⓘ
ratifiedBy	plebiscite of 1815 ⓘ
reforms	expansion of civil liberties compared to earlier imperial constitutions ⓘ modification of the structure of the Chambers ⓘ strengthening of representative institutions ⓘ
relatedTo	Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ Constitution of the Year X ⓘ Constitution of the Year XII ⓘ
resultOf	Napoleon’s return from Elba ⓘ
subject	French political institutions ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ liberalism in Napoleonic France ⓘ
supersededBy	Charter of 1814 ⓘ surface form: Charter of 1814 (restored after the Second Restoration)

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Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire → alsoKnownAs → Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acte additionnel

Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire → alsoKnownAs → Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Additional Act to the Constitutions of the Empire

Hundred Days → legalInstrument → Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire ⓘ

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